Ex-LMS Fowler 'Patriot' class 4-6-0 No. 455-6 'The Royal Pioneer Corps'. Built at Crewe in Aug. 1932 as LMS No. 5506 and withdrawn in Mar. 1962. The continuing progress of the new-build 'Patriot' project may soon make a scene like this possible. 45506 is departing west towards Wolverhampton in this June 1952 photograph at Birmingham New Street Station.

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